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Colorado Avalanche at Pittsburgh Penguins

Dec 10, 2024 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Colorado Avalanche 6 27
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 27

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:31 COL Nathan MacKinnon (10) Mikko Rantanen (23), Devon Toews (9) 1 - 0
18:22 COL Mikko Rantanen (16) Cale Makar (27) 2 - 0
2nd Period
05:46 COL Mikko Rantanen (17) Calvin de Haan (6), Nathan MacKinnon (33) 3 - 0
07:21 PIT Cody Glass (1) Evgeni Malkin (19), Kris Letang (7) 3 - 1
18:53 PIT Michael Bunting (7) Erik Karlsson (17), Bryan Rust (7) 3 - 2
3rd Period
03:23 COL Valeri Nichushkin (7) Nathan MacKinnon (34) 4 - 2
12:21 COL Artturi Lehkonen (8) Mikko Rantanen (24), Nathan MacKinnon (35) 5 - 2
15:08 COL Mikko Rantanen (18) Nathan MacKinnon (36), Devon Toews (10) 6 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:06 PIT Ryan Graves High sticking 2
2nd Period
01:47 COL Ivan Ivan Tripping 2
09:55 PIT Owen Pickering Delaying game puck over glass 2
13:26 PIT Michael Bunting Interference 2
16:44 PIT Tristan Jarry Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
16:44 COL Sam Malinski High sticking 2
16:44 COL Parker Kelly Interference goalkeeper 2
3rd Period
04:01 COL Team Too many men on the ice 2
09:48 COL Givani Smith Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Colorado Avalanche 51 31 27 6 2.4 46.5
Pittsburgh Penguins 57 42 27 2 2.6 53.5

How the game went

6420246810Start2nd3rdPittsburgh Penguins aheadColorado Avalanche ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Pittsburgh Penguins had taken more, and below it and blue while Colorado Avalanche had.

Expected goals

Colorado Avalanche: 2.4 expected, 6 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.6 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndCOL goal, 6:31 of 1st, a 7% chanceCOL goal, 18:22 of 1st, a 34% chanceCOL goal, 5:46 of 2nd, a 2% chanceCOL goal, 3:23 of 3rd, a 40% chanceCOL goal, 12:21 of 3rd, a 18% chanceCOL goal, 15:08 of 3rd, a 10% chancePIT goal, 7:21 of 2nd, a 5% chancePIT goal, 18:53 of 2nd, a 17% chancePIT 2.6COL 2.4

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Colorado Avalanche
Pittsburgh Penguins

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Artturi Lehkonen · Nathan MacKinnon · Mikko Rantanen9:5466.771.74-1
Parker Kelly · Logan O'Connor · Joel Kiviranta9:0952.262.80-0
Valeri Nichushkin · Ross Colton · Casey Mittelstadt9:0250.024.50-0
Chris Wagner · Givani Smith · Ivan Ivan6:1844.480.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Devon Toews · Cale Makar11:2942.959.01-0
Samuel Girard · Sam Malinski8:2155.618.80-0
Calvin de Haan · Keaton Middleton8:1441.75.20-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
96 Mikko Rantanen R 3 2 5 3 0 5 1 16:58 0.69 13-7 0.75-0.47
29 Nathan MacKinnon C 1 4 5 4 0 3 0 17:36 0.17 14-8 1.16-0.47
7 Devon Toews D 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 23:54 9-19 0.77-0.35
43 Valeri Nichushkin R 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 20:03 0.41 8-12 0.52-0.44
62 Artturi Lehkonen L 1 0 1 5 0 2 0 18:04 0.34 13-7 1.16-0.34
8 Cale Makar D 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 25:05 0.17 12-10 0.55-0.21
44 Calvin de Haan D 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 15:09 0.02 16-21 0.68-0.51
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:57 9-15 0.12-0.64
14 Chris Wagner R 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 08:05 0.04 5-7 0.09-0.12
17 Parker Kelly C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 14:55 0.23 13-17 0.38-0.45
22 Joel Kiviranta L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:42 0.04 12-16 0.38-0.35
25 Logan O'Connor R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:43 0.16 13-16 0.38-0.29
49 Samuel Girard D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:31 0.05 17-15 0.45-0.80
55 Givani Smith R 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 08:19 0.04 6-8 0.09-0.16
67 Keaton Middleton D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:53 5-10 0.01-0.38
70 Sam Malinski D 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 16:48 0.04 21-17 1.02-0.70
79 Ross Colton C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:30 0.01 9-14 0.11-0.55
82 Ivan Ivan C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 11:48 5-11 0.08-0.14
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Scott Wedgewood W 27 25 2 60:00 2.62 +0.62

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Rickard Rakell11:2256.040.70-1
Evgeni Malkin · Cody Glass · Philip Tomasino6:5383.398.11-0
Kevin Hayes · Anthony Beauvillier · Noel Acciari5:2835.754.80-1
Evgeni Malkin · Philip Tomasino · Drew O'Connor4:4960.040.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Erik Karlsson · Marcus Pettersson14:1954.844.91-1
Kris Letang · Owen Pickering11:2154.573.01-1
Matt Grzelcyk · Ryan Graves11:1747.443.20-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
12 Cody Glass C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 16:09 0.31 10-7 0.50-0.29
58 Michael Bunting L 1 0 1 -1 2 3 1 13:41 0.39 9-8 0.32-0.31
17 Bryan Rust R 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 19:44 0.20 15-13 0.36-0.55
58 Kris Letang D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 22:35 0.34 14-12 0.73-0.60
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 22:15 0.05 21-16 0.51-0.92
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 20:12 0.05 16-8 0.61-0.67
13 Kevin Hayes R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:20 0.10 5-9 0.10-0.09
18 Drew O'Connor L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:29 0.16 14-9 0.32-0.60
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:38 0.04 13-12 0.14-0.35
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 21:08 0.01 20-17 0.62-0.95
27 Ryan Graves D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 14:45 0.05 12-11 0.27-0.35
38 Owen Pickering D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:13 0.01 13-11 0.71-0.29
46 Blake Lizotte C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 13:33 0.07 8-11 0.16-0.47
52 Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:27 6-10 0.13-0.09
53 Philip Tomasino R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:20 0.12 13-7 0.61-0.67
67 Rickard Rakell R 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 19:38 0.29 17-15 0.57-0.92
72 Anthony Beauvillier R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 06:52 0.00 6-11 0.13-0.09
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:40 0.41 18-12 0.57-0.52
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Tristan Jarry L 26 21 5 59:21 2.28 -2.72